Nuclear power report set for release.


The Federal Government's review of nuclear power will be handed down today in Canberra.
Former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski has led the five-month inquiry into uranium mining and nuclear power.
Acting Prime Minister Mark Vaile says the Government will consider the report.
"I just want to ensure that there is a balanced and informed debate [that] takes place in Australia on this issue," he said.
Finance Minister Nick Minchin is one Government frontbencher who is sceptical about nuclear power.
"It is simply, it is not commercially viable at the moment," he said.
Labor's Anthony Albanese says the inquiry is flawed because it will not reveal possible sites for nuclear reactors.
"Where will the nuclear reactors go?" he asked.
Greenpeace chief executive Steve Shallhorn fears that it will pave the way for nuclear power, which he says is not viable.
"The only way it is going to be viable in Australia is if there is massive subsidies," he said.
"Nuclear power is the only technology that can light up your city and destroy your city."
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